Today, the EU makes 2.2 Million EUR available for three separate pilot projects in the area of media freedom and pluralism geared at promoting quality journalism and cross-border cooperation between media professionals and media councils in the digital age.

"I believe that we must make much better use of the great opportunities offered by digital technologies, which do not know any borders. To do so, we will need to have the courage to break down national silos in telecoms regulation, in copyright and data
protection legislation, in the management of radio waves and in the application of competition law. That way, we can ensure that consumers can access services, music, movies and sports events on their electronic devices wherever they are in Europe." - Jean-Claude Juncker

The European Parliament, the Council of the EU and the Commission have found a political agreement to make the copyright rules fit for the digital era in Europe and bring tangible benefits to all creative sectors, the press, researchers, educators, cultural heritage institutions, and citizens.

The European Union wants to protect authors and performers who are at the heart of content creation, strengthen the position of rightholders in their negotiations with online platforms, and ultimately make more legal content available to citizens in Europe. This factsheet explains why a reform of EU copyright legislation is needed, what are the objectives of the reform, what the EU has done to modernise copyright and what has been achieved.

The Juncker Commission has put cinema and the audiovisual sector high on its political
and legislative agenda. As part of the Digital Single Market strategy and the Creative
Europe's MEDIA sub-programme supporting film, television, new media and video games,
these actions aim to bring tangible benefits to filmmakers and all creators. This will also
allow Europeans to access more films, TV series and other audiovisual works across borders.

The 69th edition of the Berlinale will feature some of the current best European and international films, including 24 EU-supported films via the Creative Europe MEDIA programme. An edition of the European Film Forum will also be held alongside the festival on 11 February. The Forum will focus on “Subtitling and Dubbing: Using Technology to Help European Films Travel”.

The European Commission published the first reports submitted by signatories of the Code of Practice against disinformation signed in October 2018. While the Commission welcomes the progress made, it also calls on signatories to intensify their efforts in the run up to the 2019 EU elections.

Online platforms have submitted a first implementation report setting out the state of play of the measures taken by each of them to comply with their commitments under the Code of Practice on Disinformation. The Commission welcomes these actions but calls on online platforms to intensify their efforts in the run up to the 2019 European elections.

Five films supported by the EU's Creative Europe MEDIA programme will compete this year in the 91th Academy Awards ceremony that will be held on Sunday 24 February. In the last years, films supported by the MEDIA programme brought the Oscars home, including "Call me by your name", "Amour", "La Grande Bellezza", "Son of Saul" or "Slumdog Millionnaire".

The Creative Europe MEDIA programme is launching the third edition of the EU Film Contest today. Thanks to this online quiz on European cinema, participants can test how much they know about European films for a chance to win one of the 10 trips to experience the Cannes Film Festival and discover the European audiovisual industry at work.